Driver & Team News – Page 209

Blake Hahn Competing for Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Rookie of the Year

After a successful partnership last season, Blake Hahn and Old School Racin’ are hopping on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour full time in 2014.

“That’s the plan right now,” Hahn said. “We’re going to start it out and I’m pretty positive we’re going to go the whole year. We got our second car built this week.”

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Big Game Motorsports Driver Swindell Aims to Improve Handling

Although the season-opening event didn’t end as planned for Big Game Motorsports driver Sammy Swindell, his Big Game Treestands team made strides in learning what to improve.

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Haudenschild Charges To 7th at East Bay

Jac Haudenschild and his Destiny Motorsports team fought hard all week long at the East Bay Raceway Park, and when the checkered flag flew on the three day event Saturday night, the Wooster, OH crossed the stripe in the seventh spot, after the starting the 40-lap feature event in the 18th spot.

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Carson McCarl Finishes 5th in B at Ronald Laney Memorial

Kicking his season off at the East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL over the weekend, Carson McCarl and his Mastell Brothers Racing team showed some speed, and when the weekend came to a close, McCarl finished fifth in the Saturday night B.

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Bruce Jr. Opens 2014 Campaign This Weekend at Cocopah Cup Challenge

Tony Bruce Jr. is a lot more comfortable heading into this year’s season-opening event this weekend than he was a year ago.

At this point last season, Bruce Jr. had a new engine and chassis combination, which took the One 8 Motorsports team longer than they expected to adapt. Once it clicked, Bruce Jr. was a contender on the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

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Bell and CH Motorsports Part Ways

CH Motorsports co-owner Janet Holbrook confirmed with us on Monday that Christopher Bell and the team have parted ways following Florida Speedweeks

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Ian Madsen Stout In Keneric Racing Machine Down Under; Kerry Returns To Seat This Weekend

A last minute decision paid off for Keneric Racing, as they made the call to put Ian Madsen in the seat of their potent entry for the most recent World Series Sprint Car events, and the younger Madsen picked up two top-five finishes.

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Wood Welcomes SpeedMart Partnership for the 2014 Season

Cole Wood Racing is thrilled to announce that SpeedMart has joined its program for the 2014 season.

“This past offseason we got a chance to sit down with SpeedMart owner Barry Martinez and talk about partnership opportunities for the 2014 season,” Cole Wood said.

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Big Game Motorsports Driver Swindell Has Bumpy Season-Opening Event

A trip to Disney World with his family is exactly what Big Game Motorsports driver Sammy Swindell needed after a thorny start to the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series season last week.

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Driver & Team News

SCHATZ, ATKINSON WIN IN J&J’S

Donny Schatz and Ben Atkinson were recent winners on opposite sides of the world, both driving J&J Auto Racing cars to victory lane. Atkinson was victorious on Feb. 8 at Sydney Speedway taking the KC Tools War of Wings Round six victory. Schatz scored the second night of World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars Series feature action at Volusia Speedway Park.

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STRONG START: McMahan and CJB Motorsports Team Rocket to Early Season Success

With flashbulbs popping all around him, Paul McMahan exhaled and smiled.

After an impressive four-night stretch that included three Quick Time awards, three top-5’s and four Top-10’s, the Nashville, Tenn. resident was crowned the overall DIRTcar Nationals Champion at Volusia Speedway Park to kick off the 2014 season.

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TK Tough To Start 2014 Season

Fresh off of winning the 2014 Grand Annual Classic in Australia, Tim Kaeding and his Roth Motorsports team kicked off their season last week in Florida, and had a great showing with a handful of top-finishes.

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Madsen Puts Sprint Car World On Notice In Florida

With a brand new sponsor, fresh paint scheme, and new crew-members, Kerry Madsen and his Keneric Racing team spent last week in the state of Florida kicking off their 2014 season, where they picked up a win, and five top-10 finishes in six nights of action.

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Scelzi Releases Tentative Sprint Car Schedule for 2014 Season

Dominic Scelzi has ambitious goals for the 2014 season, which kicks off in a little more than two weeks.

Scelzi, who has formed an alliance with Roth Motorsports, will be a full-time chaser of the King of the West Sprint Car Series championship for the first time.

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Reidy’s Night of Deja Vu

It was a case of déjà vu for Danny Reidy at Archerfield Speedway last Saturday night during the twin Sprintcar feature race format that was also the ninth round of the KRE Sprintcar Series.

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